Highest Infant Mortality Rate

72.6

South Sudan

Lowest Infant Mortality Rate

1.4

San Marino

Median Infant Mortality Rate

13.3

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest infant mortality rate with nearly all countries having a rate above 30 infant deaths per 1000 livebirths, while North Ameica and Europe had the least rates with nearly all countries having rates below 5 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Afica has the widest variation in infant mortality rates, ranging from 9.4 in Sao Tome and Principe to 72.6 in South Sudan, and highest median of 37.05 deaths per 1000 live births, compared to the rest of the world. In contrast, Europe had the least variance and lowest median of 3 deaths per 1000 live births.

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The infant mortality rate in Uganda consistently decresed from 42.2 to 27.6 deaths per 1000 live births between 2013-2023.

Between 2013-2023, the decline in infant mortality was consistently disproportionately greater among boys compared to girls.

Highest Vaccination Rate

99.0

Albania

Lowest Vaccination Rate

47.0

Somalia

Median Vaccination Rate

95.0

Sub-Saharan Africa has the hihest number of countries where less than 70% of one year olds are vaccinated against the following six vaccines: Bacile Calmette-Guerin (BCG), Diptheria tetanus and pertussis (DPT3), Hepatitis B(HepB3), Haemophilus influenza type B(HIB3), Measles 1st dose (MCV1), and Polio (Pol3). Data on this indicator is unavailable for 31 countries across North America, Europe, and Oceania.

Africa has the highest variation in vaccination rates ranging from 47% in Somalia to 99% in Morocco, Algeria and Seychelles. In Oceania, 99% of one year olds are vaccinated against the 6 aforementioned diseases.

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The vaccination rate in Uganda fluctuated between 2013 and 2023. Besides the decline between 2019-2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, other declines could be attributed to supply stock-outs.

The consistent decline in infant mortality rate could be attributed to other healthcare interventions besides vaccination as the downward trend continues despite fluctuations in vaccination rate.

Gapminder Dataset (2013-2023)
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